Radiation Found in Japanese Cattle

By

Judy Lam

Updated July 9, 2011 6:53 a.m. ET

TOKYO – The Tokyo metropolitan government said Saturday that elevated levels of radioactive cesium were detected in a herd of cattle from Fukushima prefecture, marking the first time that radiation has been found in domestic livestock since the start of the nuclear crisis in March.

The level of radioactive cesium detected in the group of 11 cattle exceeded Japan's safety standards by three to six times, a Ministry of Health...